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Maria entered the French language department of the Minsk State Linguistic University and received her diploma in 2014.
The young woman has always had a strong civic stance . Even during the protests against integration with Russia in 2019, she said, "It's very easy to lose independence, but it will be impossible to win it back. It's bad that only a few people came out, but it's the few who save the world, not the masses."
In July 2020, Maria attended Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's election rally in Zhlobin with a poster to protest "elections without choice."
She said she did not support any of the candidates, but demanded that opposition politicians clearly condemn the conflict in Ukraine and the occupation of Crimea.
Outside of her studies and work, Maria has always been passionate about nature: she loves birds and, whenever possible, is involved in rescuing animals.
She was arrested in March 2026.
According to preliminary information, she may be accused of organizing illegal migration.
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Oksana Volvacheva was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, but has lived in Belarus for over 30 years.
Since the beginning of 2019, the woman has been registered as an individual entrepreneur, and her main activity was the retail sale of sausages and ham in specialized stores in Minsk. Her business is currently in the process of being liquidated.
Oksana is an active civic activist and has frequently participated in political Telegram chats, especially after the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022. Publicly available data indicates that security forces persecuted her specifically for her online comments. The Minsk resident was first detained in January 2024 for these comments.
She was detained along with her husband in September 2025.
Tatyana worked for many years as a teacher at Kindergarten No. 518 in Minsk's Sokol neighborhood. She also worked with children from an inclusive group, including those with autism. Her husband, 56-year-old Dmitry, works in renovations and worked as a laborer at the same kindergarten.
The Korsakovs' home was raided in the evening and searched. Security forces also called Pelageya, Dmitry and Tatyana's daughter, who now lives in Ukraine, and forced Dmitry Korsakov to tell her that her mother was in the hospital. This later turned out to be untrue. They most likely pressured the young woman to return to Belarus. Until 2020, the Korsakovs' daughter, Pelageya, worked at the same kindergarten #518, participated in protests, and in September 2021, she moved to Ukraine. With the outbreak of full-scale war, she decided not to leave for a safer country but to volunteer. In addition to her main job as an SMS messenger, Pelageya, for example, evacuates civilians and coordinates volunteer work in the event of missile strikes.
Tatyana and Dmitry's daughter believes that "their only 'crime' was that I was in Ukraine, and we kept in touch, calling each other. And my parents were worried about me. It turns out that this is the basis for the services' wild imagination."
Tatyana has long had problems with her blood pressure and knees. She constantly had to undergo expensive injections, and it's unclear whether she currently has access to the necessary treatment.
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She was convicted in the case of the "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" movement. On May 29, 2026, Galina was added to the "list of extremists." According to a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 15, 2025, the religious sect "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" was designated an "extremist organization."
The "list of extremists" includes Anna Stryukova from the village of Ulazy in the Grodno region, Galina Frolova from the village of Kaiki in the Vitebsk region, Olga Boykovskaya from Svisloch, and Olga Vashchenko from Vileyka. The basis for the list is the Minsk City Court's verdict under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code—"incitement of hatred" and participation in or leadership of an "extremist group."
The movement's participants were accused of leading the movement's structures and disseminating ideas that investigators interpreted as religious and national hatred.
The prosecutor's office announced the sentences: Stryukova, Frolova, and Baikovskaya received five years and three months in prison, and Voshchenko received five years in prison. In May 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
She was convicted in the case of the "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" movement. On May 29, 2026, Galina was added to the "list of extremists." According to a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 15, 2025, the religious sect "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" was designated an "extremist organization."
The "list of extremists" includes Anna Stryukova from the village of Ulazy in the Grodno region, Galina Frolova from the village of Kaiki in the Vitebsk region, Olga Boykovskaya from Svisloch, and Olga Vashchenko from Vileyka. The basis for the list is the Minsk City Court's verdict under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code—"incitement of hatred" and participation in or leadership of an "extremist group."
According to the documents of the movement itself, Anna Stryukova appeared as "Abbess of all White Rus' (Belarus) Evdokia", and Galina Frolova as "nun Feodosia".
The movement's participants were accused of leading the movement's structures and disseminating ideas that investigators interpreted as religious and national hatred.
The prosecutor's office announced the sentences: Stryukova, Frolova, and Baikovskaya received five years and three months in prison, and Voshchenko received five years in prison. In May 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
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She was convicted in the case of the "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" movement. On May 29, 2026, Galina was added to the "list of extremists." According to a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 15, 2025, the religious sect "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" was designated an "extremist organization."
The "list of extremists" includes Anna Stryukova from the village of Ulazy in the Grodno region, Galina Frolova from the village of Kaiki in the Vitebsk region, Olga Boykovskaya from Svisloch, and Olga Vashchenko from Vileyka. The basis for the list is the Minsk City Court's verdict under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code—"incitement of hatred" and participation in or leadership of an "extremist group."
According to the documents of the movement itself, Anna Stryukova appeared as "Abbess of all White Rus' (Belarus) Evdokia", and Galina Frolova as "nun Feodosia".
The movement's participants were accused of leading the movement's structures and disseminating ideas that investigators interpreted as religious and national hatred.
The prosecutor's office announced the sentences: Stryukova, Frolova, and Baikovskaya received five years and three months in prison, and Voshchenko received five years in prison. In May 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
She was convicted in the case of the "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" movement. On May 29, 2026, Galina was added to the "list of extremists." According to a decision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on August 15, 2025, the religious sect "Russian Orthodox Church – Tsarist Empire" was designated an "extremist organization."
The "list of extremists" includes Anna Stryukova from the village of Ulazy in the Grodno region, Galina Frolova from the village of Kaiki in the Vitebsk region, Olga Boykovskaya from Svisloch, and Olga Vashchenko from Vileyka. The basis for the list is the Minsk City Court's verdict under Part 3 of Article 130 of the Criminal Code and Part 3 of Article 361-1 of the Criminal Code—"incitement of hatred" and participation in or leadership of an "extremist group."
According to the documents of the movement itself, Anna Stryukova appeared as "Abbess of all White Rus' (Belarus) Evdokia", and Galina Frolova as "nun Feodosia".
The movement's participants were accused of leading the movement's structures and disseminating ideas that investigators interpreted as religious and national hatred.
The prosecutor's office announced the sentences: Stryukova, Frolova, and Baikovskaya received five years and three months in prison, and Voshchenko received five years in prison. In May 2026, the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
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Victoria graduated from the Francisk Skaryna Gomel State University, where she studied finance and credit (banking).
Later, she switched careers and moved into IT, where she began working as a software engineer and automation specialist (JS, Java). In 2020, Victoria initially worked at the Gomel office of Godel Technologies Europe, and in September of that year, she joined Innowise Group, a large international software development and IT consulting company.
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Before her arrest, Natalia led an active and inquisitive lifestyle: she traveled, took long walks, visited art galleries, and admired beautiful places. It is also known that she recently worked as a security guard.
She was detained in 2025 as part of a criminal case opened under the article “assistance to extremist activity.”
In 2026, she was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony; the exact term of imprisonment is unknown.
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Svetlana, an employee of the Minsk Design and Technology Institute, was found guilty of "calls to harm the Republic of Belarus," "insulting Lukashenko," "inciting hatred or discord," and "assisting extremist activity." She was sentenced to imprisonment in a penal colony; the exact term is unknown.